diff --git a/ports/ncurses/build.sh b/ports/ncurses/build.sh
index da35a39e..a6f42c8f 100755
--- a/ports/ncurses/build.sh
+++ b/ports/ncurses/build.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIGURE_OPTIONS=(
 	'--enable-pc-files'
 	'--enable-sigwinch'
 	'--disable-widec'
+	'--with-shared'
 	'--without-ada'
 	'--without-manpages'
 	'--without-dlsym'
diff --git a/ports/ncurses/patches/0001-add-banan_os-target.patch b/ports/ncurses/patches/0001-add-banan_os-target.patch
index 5b6acf2b..0b50f5a3 100644
--- a/ports/ncurses/patches/0001-add-banan_os-target.patch
+++ b/ports/ncurses/patches/0001-add-banan_os-target.patch
@@ -1,116 +1,6 @@
-diff -ruN ncurses-6.5/config.log ncurses-6.5-banan_os/config.log
---- ncurses-6.5/config.log	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
-+++ ncurses-6.5-banan_os/config.log	2024-08-05 12:15:48.028466613 +0300
-@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
-+This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
-+running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
-+
-+It was created by configure, which was
-+generated by GNU Autoconf 2.52.20231210.  Invocation command line was
-+
-+  $ ./configure --host=x86_64-pc-banan_os --prefix=/usr/local --disable-db-intall --disable-widec --without-ada --without-manpages --without-dlsym --without-cxx-binding
-+
-+## ---------- ##
-+## Platform.  ##
-+## ---------- ##
-+
-+hostname = arch
-+uname -m = x86_64
-+uname -r = 6.10.2-arch1-2
-+uname -s = Linux
-+uname -v = #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:56:17 +0000
-+
-+/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
-+/bin/uname -X     = unknown
-+
-+/bin/arch              = unknown
-+/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
-+/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
-+hostinfo               = unknown
-+/bin/machine           = unknown
-+/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
-+/bin/universe          = unknown
-+
-+PATH = /home/oskari/dev/banan-os/ports/../toolchain/local/bin:/home/oskari/.wasmer/bin:/home/oskari/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/usr/lib/rustup/bin
-+
-+## ------------ ##
-+## Core tests.  ##
-+## ------------ ##
-+
-+configure:1175: PATH=".;."; conftest.sh
-+./configure: line 1176: conftest.sh: command not found
-+configure:1178: $? = 127
-+configure:1195: checking for ggrep
-+configure:1221: result: no
-+configure:1195: checking for grep
-+configure:1210: found /usr/bin/grep
-+configure:1218: result: grep
-+configure:1229: checking for egrep
-+configure:1285: result: grep -E
-+configure:1296: result: Configuring NCURSES 6.5 ABI 6 (Mon Aug  5 12:15:47 EEST 2024)
-+configure:1300: checking for package version
-+configure:1321: result: 6.5
-+configure:1324: checking for package patch date
-+configure:1341: result: 20240427
-+configure:1352: testing ABI VERSION 5:0:10 ...
-+configure:1356: testing VERSION_MAJOR 6 ...
-+configure:1360: testing VERSION_MINOR 5 ...
-+configure:1364: testing VERSION_PATCH 20240427 ...
-+configure:1509: checking build system type
-+configure:1527: result: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
-+configure:1534: checking host system type
-+configure:1543: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub x86_64-pc-banan_os failed
-+
-+## ----------------- ##
-+## Cache variables.  ##
-+## ----------------- ##
-+
-+ac_cv_build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
-+ac_cv_build_alias=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
-+ac_cv_env_CC_set=
-+ac_cv_env_CC_value=
-+ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
-+ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
-+ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
-+ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
-+ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
-+ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
-+ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_set=
-+ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_value=
-+ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_set=
-+ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_value=
-+ac_cv_env_CXX_set=
-+ac_cv_env_CXX_value=
-+ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
-+ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
-+ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
-+ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
-+ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=set
-+ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=x86_64-pc-banan_os
-+ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
-+ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
-+ac_cv_host=
-+ac_cv_host_alias=x86_64-pc-banan_os
-+ac_cv_path_EGREP='grep -E'
-+ac_cv_prog_GREP=grep
-+cf_cv_abi_default=6
-+cf_cv_abi_version=6
-+cf_cv_rel_version=6.5
-+cf_cv_timestamp='Mon Aug  5 12:15:47 EEST 2024'
-+
-+## ------------ ##
-+## confdefs.h.  ##
-+## ------------ ##
-+
-+#define PACKAGE "ncurses"
-+#define NCURSES_VERSION "6.5"
-+#define NCURSES_PATCHDATE 20240427
-+
-+
-+configure: exit 1
 diff -ruN ncurses-6.5/config.sub ncurses-6.5-banan_os/config.sub
 --- ncurses-6.5/config.sub	2023-12-27 16:41:27.000000000 +0200
-+++ ncurses-6.5-banan_os/config.sub	2024-08-05 12:17:03.025286556 +0300
++++ ncurses-6.5-banan_os/config.sub	2025-04-19 05:53:50.863635047 +0300
 @@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@
  	     | onefs* | tirtos* | phoenix* | fuchsia* | redox* | bme* \
  	     | midnightbsd* | amdhsa* | unleashed* | emscripten* | wasi* \
diff --git a/ports/ncurses/patches/0002-add-shared-library-support.patch b/ports/ncurses/patches/0002-add-shared-library-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..846c45d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/ncurses/patches/0002-add-shared-library-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -ruN ncurses-6.5/configure ncurses-6.5-banan_os/configure
+--- ncurses-6.5/configure	2024-04-10 11:09:48.000000000 +0300
++++ ncurses-6.5-banan_os/configure	2025-04-19 05:54:18.828084370 +0300
+@@ -6646,6 +6646,9 @@
+ 			MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} ${LDFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -G -Wl,-brtl -Wl,-blibpath:${RPATH_LIST}:/usr/lib -o $@'
+ 		fi
+ 		;;
++	(banan_os*)
++		MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} ${LDFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -shared -Wl,-soname,`basename $@` -o $@'
++		;;
+ 	(beos*)
+ 		MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} ${LDFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -o $@ -Xlinker -soname=`basename $@` -nostart -e 0'
+ 		;;